Tate and Caraway hopped aboard dirt bikes, quad bikes and jetskis as they got away from the stresses of training for life inside the Octagon, and the former UFC champ said it was just what the doctor ordered.

"This trip has beyond refreshed me,” Tate admitted.

“It’s strange how a small break in the monotony of things, like this five or six days that I’ve spent up here in Ontario, makes me want to get back in the gym, viciously.

And with Tate set to take on Raquel 'Rocky' Pennington at UFC 205 at Madison Square Garden on November 12, the women’s MMA icon admitted completely shutting off from fight mode and occupying her mind with a completely different set of challenges was the perfect way to recharge her batteries ahead of her next big Octagon test.

"This has been exactly what I needed,” she explained.

"I didn’t know that I was going to experience so many cool things, and that it was going to be so mind-blowing.

“I think the loss at UFC 200 was really, really hard on me. I don’t take that easy.